diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sqs/DirectoryQueue.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sqs/DirectoryQueue.java
index af8b89a..c4cad9d 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sqs/DirectoryQueue.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sqs/DirectoryQueue.java
@@ -67,27 +67,7 @@ public class DirectoryQueue {
   }
 
   private void sendMessage(String action, UUID uuid, String number) {
-    final Map<String, MessageAttributeValue> messageAttributes = new HashMap<>();
-    messageAttributes.put("id", new MessageAttributeValue().withDataType("String").withStringValue(number));
-    messageAttributes.put("uuid", new MessageAttributeValue().withDataType("String").withStringValue(uuid.toString()));
-    messageAttributes.put("action", new MessageAttributeValue().withDataType("String").withStringValue(action));
-    SendMessageRequest sendMessageRequest = new SendMessageRequest()
-            .withQueueUrl(queueUrl)
-            .withMessageBody("-")
-            .withMessageDeduplicationId(UUID.randomUUID().toString())
-            .withMessageGroupId(number)
-            .withMessageAttributes(messageAttributes);
-    try {
-      sqs.sendMessage(sendMessageRequest);
-    } catch (AmazonServiceException ex) {
-      serviceErrorMeter.mark();
-      logger.warn("sqs service error: ", ex);
-    } catch (AmazonClientException ex) {
-      clientErrorMeter.mark();
-      logger.warn("sqs client error: ", ex);
-    } catch (Throwable t) {
-      logger.warn("sqs unexpected error: ", t);
-    }
+    logger.info("Pretending to send SQS message: " + action);
   }
 
 }